IP Library Granted Patent US 8,822,249
Granted Patent B2
US 8,822,249 · App. 13/436,523 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Ho-sun Paek (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hak-hwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sung-kyong Oh (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,822,249
App. No.
13/436,523
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The light-emitting device includes a compound semiconductor structure having a first N-type compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a P-type compound semiconductor layer, a P-type electrode layer that is disposed on the P-type compound semiconductor layer and electrically connects with the P-type compound semiconductor layer, a plurality of insulation walls disposed at two sides of the compound semiconductor structure and the P-type electrode layer, a plurality of N-type electrode layers penetrating the plurality of insulation walls, and a conductive substrate on which a plurality of N-type electrode connecting layers respectively corresponding to a plurality of N-type electrode layers are separated from a P-type electrode connecting layer corresponding to the P-type electrode layer.

Claims (30)

1. A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising:

forming a plurality of insulation walls on a substrate;

forming a compound semiconductor structure and a P-type electrode layer in an interior space defined by the plurality of insulation walls;

forming corresponding N-type electrode layers in the plurality of insulating walls; and

attaching a conductive substrate in which a plurality of N-type electrode connecting layers are separated from a P-type electrode connecting layer,

wherein the attaching of the conductive substrate comprises:

penetrating the conductive substrate to form a plurality of holes; and

filling each of the plurality of holes with an insulating material and forming a plurality of partition walls separating the P-type electrode connecting layer from the plurality of N-type electrode connecting layers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the plurality of insulation walls on the substrate comprises:

forming a second N-type compound semiconductor layer on the substrate;

forming an insulating layer on the second N-type compound semiconductor layer; and

patterning the insulating layer to form a plurality of spaced-apart insulation walls on either side of the substrate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the forming of the compound semiconductor structure and the P-type electrode layer comprises sequentially stacking a first N-type compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a P-type compound semiconductor layer to form the compound semiconductor structure and forming the P-type electrode layer on the P-type compound semiconductor layer.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the forming of the corresponding N-type electrode layers in the plurality of insulating walls comprises penetrating the corresponding plurality of insulation walls to form a plurality of holes extending from top surfaces of the plurality of insulation walls to a top surface of the second N-type compound semiconductor layer and filling the plurality of holes with a metallic material.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second N-type compound semiconductor layer has a concave-convex structure formed on its top surface.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising forming a phosphor layer on the concave-convex structure.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of insulation walls are formed on the substrate prior to the forming of the compound semiconductor structure and the P-type electrode layer in the interior space defined by the plurality of insulation walls.

8. A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising:

forming a plurality of insulation walls on a substrate;

forming a compound semiconductor structure and a P-type electrode layer in an interior space defined by the plurality of insulation walls;

forming corresponding N-type electrode layers in the plurality of insulating walls; and

attaching a conductive substrate in which a plurality of N-type electrode connecting layers are separated from a P-type electrode connecting layer,

wherein the forming of the corresponding N-type electrode layers in the plurality of insulating walls comprises penetrating the corresponding plurality of insulation walls to form a plurality of holes extending from top surfaces of the plurality of insulation walls to a top surface of a second N-type compound semiconductor layer formed on the substrate and filling the plurality of holes with a metallic material, and

wherein the attaching of the conductive substrate comprises:

forming a conductive adhesive layer on the conductive substrate;

penetrating the conductive substrate and the conductive adhesive layer to form a plurality of holes;

filling each of the plurality of holes with an insulating material and forming a plurality of partition walls separating the P-type electrode connecting layer from the plurality of N-type electrode connecting layers; and

attaching the conductive substrate so that the plurality of N-type electrode connecting layers respectively correspond to the plurality of N-type electrode layers and the P-type electrode connecting layer corresponds to the P-type electrode layer.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of partition walls contact with the plurality of insulation walls.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising removing the substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2014
From: PAEK, HO-SUN; KIM, HAK-HWAN; OH, SUNG-KYONG
To: SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032887/0826 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 7, 2012
From: SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028744/0272 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0029029 · Mar 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120248408A1 · Oct 4, 2012